Welch v Dorrington - [1949] NZLR 871

Law Practitioners — Solicitor — Negligence — Solicitor completing Lease of Land subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924 — Land actually First-class Land — Lessee not Competent to hold Same — No Inquiry made by Solicitor at Land Office — Impracticability of Search of New Zealand Gazette for Classification and Reclassification — Relevancy of Results following from Investigation not being carried out to Fullest Limits — Solicitor not Negligent.